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"Re-imagine Going Back to The Farm" w/Tom Field
Impact Farming
English - March 10, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 55.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsBusiness Education agriculture agriculturebusiness farmbusiness farmer farming Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this week’s episode, Tracy speaks to Tom Field, Professor at The University Nebraska-Lincoln, about a paradigm-shifting concept called “Re-Imagine Going Back to The Farm”.
Have you heard of the Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program? It is an innovative program at UNL that teaches agriculture students entrepreneurial skills and mindset. Through this program, many great entrepreneurs and businesses are born. In the end, many of these students go back to the farm; however, they tend to do it a little differently and with a more entrepreneurial mindset. Many go back with a side hustle or create one shortly after returning to the farm.
This is how Tom’s concept of “Re-Imagine Going Back to The Farm” was born. The World is no longer the same place that it was when our parents and grandparents started farming. High investment, the farm's ability to support another wage, and numerous other factors can make it challenging for the next generation to return to the farm. However, with the technology available in today’s World, going back to the farm no longer needs to be such an all-or-nothing approach.
In this episode, Tracy and Tom explore exactly that. They chat about:
This episode is great for farm founders, the next generation, non-farming spouses, and even non-farming children. In this episode, Tom truly does share some game-changing ideas and information to help us “Re-imagine Going Back To The Farm”.
Join us for this exciting and invigorating look at going back to the farm.
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